I didn't grow up in a culture that believes the populous should worship any individuals, or group of individuals. The people who run my country are supposed to be public servants who work for us, in exchange for taxation, whether they actually do or not. one of the founding principles of the US being "no taxation without representation", after all. So I'm not eager to worhip anyone, but if I'm going to dedicate my life to someone, he'd better make it worth my while.
A god worth following is someone who always gives his/her followers everything they need. Some christians like to claim that's what their god does, yet children die while their parents pray for magical healing, and life is as hard for a christian in a muslim dominant country as a muslim's life would be in a christian dominated country.
A god worth following is someone who shows him/herself in a way that does not leave people debating the existence of gods thousands of years after this god starts divinely inspiring people.
A god worth worshiping would never demand worship, or say that questioning him/her is one of the biggest crimes you could commit.
A god I want to worship is the kind of person I try to be. I don't always come out on top when I try to be generous and kind, and I try to rein in my anger when someone wrongs me, but my anger is more justfied than any god's because I've actually lost something substantial by being too kind. What's his excuse?
A god worth following is someone who always gives his/her followers everything they need. Some christians like to claim that's what their god does, yet children die while their parents pray for magical healing, and life is as hard for a christian in a muslim dominant country as a muslim's life would be in a christian dominated country.
A god worth following is someone who shows him/herself in a way that does not leave people debating the existence of gods thousands of years after this god starts divinely inspiring people.
A god worth worshiping would never demand worship, or say that questioning him/her is one of the biggest crimes you could commit.
A god I want to worship is the kind of person I try to be. I don't always come out on top when I try to be generous and kind, and I try to rein in my anger when someone wrongs me, but my anger is more justfied than any god's because I've actually lost something substantial by being too kind. What's his excuse?
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html